HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment
             Wednesday, March 17, 1999

PLACE: E1.010, Capitol Extension

CHAIR: Rep. David Counts

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To consider the following:


HB 732            Bosse
Relating to stormwater management and regulation by certain
political subdivisions; providing a penalty.

HB 972            Lewis, Ron
Relating to regional water planning groups.

HB 1249            Lewis, Ron
Relating to contracts by school districts, institutions of higher
education, and state agencies for water conservation measures.

HB 1437            Krusee
Relating to the powers of the Lower Colorado River Authority to
provide water services in Williamson County.

HB 1479            Clark
Relating to wastewater discharge permits.

HB 1574            Bosse
Relating to the permitting of discharges from certain on-site
sewage disposal systems in certain counties.

HB 1590            Lewis, Ron
Relating to the development of water management strategies for
periods of drought.

HB 1742            Lewis, Ron
Relating to the dates by which regional and state water plans must
be adopted.

HB 2199            Chisum
Relating to the authority and name of the Panhandle Ground Water
Conservation District Number Three, South of the Canadian River.

HB 2237            Cook
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Bastrop-Lee Counties Groundwater
Conservation District; granting the power of eminent domain.

HB 2391            Gallego
Relating to the creation of the Presidio County Groundwater
Conservation District.

HB 2575            Counts
Relating to the operations of the Texas Water Bank.

HB 2588            Counts
Relating to approval of water quality management plans by the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

HB 2660            Swinford
Relating to state drought planning and preparation.

SB 392            Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to bonds of certain navigation districts.







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